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Since at least July 1, 2020, DOT has not installed a single bollard at any location, the agency has revealed.

Pedestrianization: It's the past — and the future — of cities.

The city's current model for streetscape improvements leaves residential communities, especially the less-affluent ones, out in the cold.

Before 2009, Times Square was a hellish place to walk. Pedestrians outnumbered vehicles nine to one but were confined to just 10 percent of the street space. The creation of car-free plazas on Broadway changed the equation, and now those plazas are a permanent fixture of the street.

The City Council heard testimony today on Intro. 1109-A, which would give DOT authority over designating and regulating pedestrian plazas across the city. DOT has carved out nearly 70 plazas since 2008, but its jurisdiction over those plazas remains ambiguous.

In case you missed it, the Broadway theater business is booming.

The holiday season approaches, but don't sleep on the Streetsblog calendar. There's important stuff happening this week.

There are two big community board votes this week, both on Wednesday.

The de Blasio administration has finally put to rest the idea of yanking out the Times Square pedestrian plazas. Was that so hard?

Dangerous intersections at each end of Empire Boulevard, which stretches east-west across the southern edge of Crown Heights, are set for some major new pedestrian space.